It's over! Well, almost.

Whee. 1 more thing left to do. No tests. Yay. Just to write up that one synthesis... gyah. But yay.

Politics and news, from outside the Bubble

From the NY Times:

In the debate over the necessity for the war in Iraq, few issues have been more contentious than whether Saddam Hussein possessed arsenals of banned weapons, as the Bush administration repeatedly said, or instead was pursuing weapons programs that might one day constitute a threat.

On Tuesday, with Mr. Hussein in American custody and polls showing support for the White House's Iraq policy rebounding, Mr. Bush suggested that he no longer saw much distinction between the possibilities.

"So what's the difference?" he responded at one point as he was pressed on the topic during an interview by Diane Sawyer of ABC News.

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In the interview, Mr. Bush said removing Mr. Hussein from power was justified even without the recovery of any banned weapons. As he has since his own weapons inspector, David Kay, issued an interim report in October saying he had uncovered extensive evidence of weapons programs in Iraq but no actual weapons, Mr. Bush said the existence of such programs, by violating United Nations Security Council resolutions, provided ample grounds for the war.

"If he were to acquire weapons, he would be the danger," Mr. Bush continued, referring to Mr. Hussein. "That's what I'm trying to explain to you. A gathering threat, after 9/11, is a threat that needed to be dealt with, and it was done after 12 long years of the world saying the man's a danger."

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Go Bush. Whoo. I can think of a number of people who would be counted a "danger" in the unlikely event that they acquired chemical or biological weapons.

I know that's not fair. It's good that Hussein's out and caught. But using one spin to sell the war and saying that there's no difference once it's (dubiously) over with is either dishonest or naive to the extreme. And I don't think that Bush became president because he was naive.

In other news, Malvo's eligible for the death penalty now. I'm not defending him. I just don't like that we have it.

In good news--the morning-after pill has been recommended for OTC sale. I sincerely hope that the FDA approves it.

Sometimes the Bubble seems like a good thing... in a head-in-the-sand way. If I don't know anything, it can't possibly be happening... right?